The Portland daily press., 1887-02-09
XLIXth CONGRESS- SECOND SESSION.


i WASHINGTON, Feb. s.
The presiding officer laid bef0r the Senate
sne unfinished business, it being the Eads
Iehnautepec bill
Mr.. Vest (yho has charge Of the bin con-
sented to letit go over for today and until
Thursday, Fomorrow's) session to be occu
pied principally In the delivery of eulogies
On the lat senator Logan. Mr. Vest gave
n0tice tRit after Its being taken up he should
ask the senate to remain in session until II
shall be disposed Of N''A ~
On potion Of Mr.. Frye the Senate hin for
securing statistics Of the extent and value of
9passod ns1gseo al tne United States was taken up
on motion of Mr.. Palmer the House hin
, ai Elaislng 70 Importing and landing of mack
, ltaIa aIi caught during spawning season was
4 arguments were made against the bill bv
ny f1rTpesSIs oauisDury, Mcpherson and Miller
me latter characterized ii as an ingenions
6sbir gM Engiand device to prevent maekerel
massachusetts, and Maine principally Mains
ast ~ was 10 give New England a MONOPOLY ot |
aas.n1eries. a.1es. II was putting up a fence In the |
f,iabae for aba ocean for three months of the year
, aoa Tue penent OF Maine and Maine fisher /
men men at the expense of people who wonId
HaVe 70 pay from 80 to 200 per cent higher
.,t aut IIesh M mackerel because the bill would
biII bui on bd nan the catch: He asked why the /
Di,i nad been brought forward
MI. Palmer replied that the bill was
DIougnt forward at the instance Of men en-
gaged In mackerel fisheries and who ranra |
SSenisd Saa;ss 4o1 vessels and 5000 seamen whose
business mad become unproitable an aeccnnt
Oh early seine fishing SO they were wiiiing ~
sen their vessels and equipments at from *
70 70 % cents on the dollar. The men had tee.
snme sea si,eh DetoTe the committee that without
oI sne northeast would be DESTROYED entirely
anu IN stead OF having cheap fish food. neo'
PIE would have dear fish food Pso-
being Dawes foI st h5lacsed the idea of the bill
cnusettS fishermen. 1t was for those fisher
nie1 VINO caught all the mackerel. and n
,ins, ,naue no dlHerence to them whether their
in eISs,s Nore were engaged in Southern waters or
During the discussion Mr. Edmunds nra :
TgnLu 9ygnseu report from the Commissioner az
rdsnerles as to complaints from owners If i
eosst sosseis Oh II treatment on the Canadian '
reported to the State Department n Tba .nose 4
port was ordered printed. Ahe re- !
MT. Hale advocated the BILL IT uas ro+ 4
right, ne said, that the bill should ha - noS ie
sented as one In the interest of moranpis wo
and that opposition to it was in the intpryf / q
OF the great public. Precisely the raxle e' ,rn,
va Mss & true; Inc bill sought to lerpetua5od and
Ine people OF the United Statei great for and
Supply, not Tor two or three m)Dt6sba =; fora
Lhe entire year. As to its bei,g Ento III ~
terest OF Yankee fishermen, ctsd hv Was sb snd
that iii Ine only men who We're Sehnsetts and finn,
oIu were Lne nShermen Of caySa fro u tL ,a,- ~
Maine The opposition to vvas au an a9ta ole ny
ishmongers OF New York was was an attempt WIZ WY,
1n n tnelr part TO stand inadonted havinS torn
,lose tima ~, ~ 80 ~ a. sa.sh. first
Mr.. Sewe me IsInG Of the committee, iron
nonopolv Of the vaSForst kind, to the ex- The
fusion of the natal rights of the people bloc
# the Carolinas Tglnla, Maryland, New sem,
Jersey and Ne,,( ork, who would be pre- rails
-ented from, taSi advantage of the passing role
4 schools Of e. from the Sonth to the brea
l DrOk
MN M Hale fanked that there was no fish or n
no craft egaipr for catching early fish in the
ny Of tsss ssG ss s5 flt csSsbs %sa Tssts st
= II t1a ~ f4Vs. - a member o. = oo.., and
-. Ssanafe should undersS otuninhIttee, said than
ne oenasg, ens,s fishing vessel that there was they
10y l,ass = and south Of Massa purse seines that
noss ,seot n fisherman out5lSss; There more
y atfs - and Maine that nau Wy Massachu truck
~. tsS.nterest in the Dlritest lrlst earth abutr
tne sSterest Of the Pnexcept in mark
tne MsoIa ns1s Ts$ That was sa,H Hu9yion of The c
lhele Voc M Meet OF 2OO llsnalns cn0p0ly. the ic
one ol sesr n,,a, oo,aglng 70 MTose every such
Malne, esery eryrn them plRet Al and sition
nonef ~ ar ,,nIt i6aIlisS anu FOR AXE till tn
isl2ion. All the old fashi0had fishilso ane Z
hook and line from boats or n trai nind enT 90
weirs connected with the shorey nae iasti1 iatt y,
saved by tie amendment adopted In tnel ~ ~ IN
but the trouble was that this early nsf dfs
with purse zines was frightening the masshoy
erel away finn their haunts. Nv Y
On motion If Mr.. Hoar an amendment vase
adopted postpning the period when the Dill
is to take effec from March /, 1887, to Marcn |
], 1888.
Without dispesing Of the bill the Senate,
on motion of MI Edmunds, at 5l5 O'Clock
went into executive session, and al o'-o
O'Clock adjourned
MOUSE.
In the morning hour Mr.. Hammond, OF
| Georgia, on behalf OF the committee on ex-
penditures in the department of Justice
called up the bill relating to compensation OIL
United States Attorneys, Marshals and Com,
missioners. 1t abolishes the fee system anu
substitutes salary system OF compensation;
Springer of Illinois, In advocating the Dill
characteriZed,the present system as the.worst
system Of paying public officials II these
officials were placed upon salaries tne result
would be an increaseOf evasions OF law.
Mr.. Milliken, Of Maine, thought the Dill
should become law. He admitted there
might be some cases where the stimulous
fees were necessary to induce Unlteo states
marshals to perform their duties, Dut MAIN
| tanned there were more cases where that
l stimulous had caused them to go beyond
I their duties and make themselves nuisance
| in the community.
MT. Reed of Maine, considered the bill to
9 be vicious in principle. Crimes against the
United States were Of character which did
Q not stir lively indignation Of the communl,
y ty, and II was necessary that the unlteo
t States officials should be stimulated by q
It similar self interest to that which melted
Q and sustained criminals.
: Pending action the morning hour expired.
IS Under special order, the floor was accord,
) ed to the committee on foreign affairs, and
t. the House went into committee of whole on
the Senate bill to indemnify certain subjects
of the Chinese empire for losses sustained by
d violence of mob at Rock Springs, Wyoming
; Territory, Sept 2, 1885. The Senate bill pro
/ yides for the ascertainment Of losses incurr.
v ed and the House bill makes a direct appro-
: priation of SHIFTS.
e The House bill was substituted for the
is | Senate bill 1O1 to 6S, and amended the
10 bill was reported to the House and passed;
n After action on some minor matters the
House at 5 o'clock took recess until 7S'
o'clock.
At the evening session eulogies upon tht
e. late Representatives Beach, Downey anc
ID Arnol, of New York. were delivered ana tn'
m House at $50 o'clock adjourned.
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